NODE SMITH, ND A study of nearly 108,000 people has found that people who regularly drink a modest amount of alcohol are at increased risk of atrial fibrillation, a condition where the heart beats in an abnormal rhythm. The study, published in the European Heart...

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Designer Cytokine Makes Paralyzed Mice Walk Again
NODE SMITH, ND To date, paralysis resulting from spinal cord damage has been irreparable. With a new therapeutic approach, scientists have succeeded for the first time in getting paralyzed mice to walk again. The keys to this are the protein hyper-interleukin-6, which...
Healthy Conception and Pregnancy: The Role of Nitric Oxide and Other Critical Factors
CHRIS D. MELETIS, ND Modern couples face many obstacles to becoming pregnant or giving birth to a healthy baby, and the distribution of contributing factors appears to be nearly equal between male and female. According to the Centers for Disease...
Healing Through Listening- Part 1
JAMES SENSENIG, ND RICK KIRSCHNER, ND, VNMI This article joins a series of articles in NDNR that are based on transcripts of the Naturopathic Medicine Institute (NMI)’s Wednesday morning call-in program, The Vital Conversation. The program is hosted by...
Integrative Practice: The Great Wide Somewhere
FRASER SMITH, MATD, ND Working in integrative practice settings is an increasingly relevant possibility for naturopathic graduates. Last month we discussed the phenomenon of allopathic practitioners adopting therapeutic modalities that have been...
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The Skin-Hormone Connection: Balancing Hormones & Healing the Skin-Together
TREVOR CATES, ND As our body’s largest and most visible organ, skin gives us outer clues about what’s happening inside the body. This includes hormonal imbalances. Acknowledging and working with the skin-hormone connection can not only help alleviate your...
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Biomonitoring of Industrial Pollutants
A study out of the Earth Institute and Department of Biological Sciences at Columbia University, discussed biomonitoring of industrial pollutants and the health and policy implications of the chemical body burden. There is a chemical burden that every individual...
Lead in Soil Another Factor in Flint, Michigan
According to a study out of Michigan State University published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, the higher rates of Flint children showed elevated lead levels in their blood during drier months of the year, even before the...
FDA Sued Over Genetically-engineered Salmon
According to an article published online by EcoWatch, the Center for Food Safety and other organizations are suing the FDA over their recent approval of the first-ever genetically (GE) food animal, an Atlantic salmon that is engineered to grow quickly, created by...
Endometriosis and Heart Disease Risk
According to a study published by the American Heart Association, endometriosis, the prevalent gynecologic disease associated with systemic chronic inflammation, heightened oxidative stress, and atherogenic lipid profile that may increase women’s risk for coronary...
Confirmed: Zika Virus Causes Fetal Brain Abnormalities
According to a report by the New England Journal of Medicine, the zika virus infection can cause fetal brain abnormalities as well as prolonged maternal viremia. The Zika virus which became more infamous recently with the outbreak in South America in 2015. “One...
Your Environment Affects Your Mood
A study out of the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, evaluated how your environment affects your mood. “Urbanization, as it is occurring all around the world, has been associated with an increase in stress-related disease and...
Stories of Radical Remission with Dr. Kelly Turner at the Natural Cancer Prevention Summit
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Light Therapy For Depression
New research shows that light therapy may be more effective than Prozac for patients with depression. Bright light therapy has been traditionally used for people who suffer from circadian rhythm disorders, along with other sleep disorders. It has also been used...
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How Our Brains Remodel Neural Networks
NODE SMITH, ND At this very moment, the billions of neurons in your brain are using their trillions of connections to enable you to read and comprehend this sentence. Now, by studying the neurons involved in the sense of smell, researchers from Kyushu University's...
Anti-Cancer Metabolites from Microbiome
NODE SMITH, ND It is believed to be involved in the development of chronic inflammatory intestinal diseases, to trigger diabetes, to be responsible for obesity, even neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's could have their causes here -- not...
Irreversible ‘Tipping Point’ of Plastic Pollution
NODE SMITH, ND Current rates of plastic emissions globally may trigger effects that we will not be able to reverse, argues a new study by researchers from Sweden, Norway and Germany published in Science. According to the authors, plastic pollution is a global threat,...
Mechanism of Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT)
NODE SMITH, ND A McMaster University team of researchers recently discovered how, exactly, the COVID-19 vaccines that use adenovirus vectors trigger a rare but sometimes fatal blood clotting reaction called vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia or VITT....
Serotonin to Boost Memory
Node Smith, ND A study was recently published in the journal Neuron, which identified a serotonergic neural pathway that stimulates memory.1 The research was conducted at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CIUMC). Serotonin Function and Memory Formation The...
From the AANP, Regarding the 2018 DC Federal Legislative Initiative (DC FLI)
We cannot express how thankful we are that you attended the DC FLI and advocated for the naturopathic medical profession! From the bottom of our hearts, thank you! Your efforts truly made a difference! How so? Take a look: We had a record number of DC FLI attendees at...
David & Goliath: Putting Naturopathic Medical Education to the Test
Education David J. Schleich, PhD The Philistines assembled their army at Sokoh in Judah. On the other side of the valley of Elah, the Israelites took up their position. The Philistines proffered Goliath, formidable in his bronze helmet and armor, and otherwise armed...
The Simple Life
Similar Thought Joseph Kellerstein, DC, ND Life is infinitely complex and ultimately unknowable… kind of like homoeopathy! There is a really useful rubric that Dr Jamie Oskin gives a great lecture on: Mind; Ailments from Vexation. What he carefully excludes from this...
Shut Your Mouth & Save Your Life: What Catlin Taught Early Naturopaths About Breathing
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Medical Resources for NDs: A Review of Current Publications for the Naturopathic Industry
Education Mitochondria and the Future of Medicine: The Key to Understanding Disease, Chronic Illness, Aging, and Life Itself Node Smith, ND In a new book, Mitochondria and the Future of Medicine: The Key to Understanding Disease, Chronic Illness, Aging, and Life...
Physician, Heal Thyself
Naturopathic Perspective Jim Massey, ND The Latin phrase, “cura te ipsum” (physician heal thyself), is often attributed to Hippocrates, the man considered to be the “Father of Medicine.” “Physician, Heal Thyself” remains one of the basic tenets in naturopathic...
WNF: Naturopathic Education Globally
Naturopathic News Iva Lloyd, ND, RPP The most common question asked of naturopathic doctors – and the most common misconception about the global naturopathic profession – is about naturopathic educational standards. Most naturopathic doctors in North America assume...
Glucose & Insulin Dynamics: The Powerful Influence of Circadian Rhythms
Tolle Causam Tanya Lee, ND Abstract As clinicians who heavily rely on dietary interventions as part of our treatment protocols, a deep knowledge of the natural physiology of glucose and insulin is key in providing accurate and effective advice to our patients. This...
MBCT: A Root-Cause Approach to Mood & Anxiety Disorders
Lineke Heus, ND Tolle Totum Ever since Jon Kabat-Zinn introduced mindfulness into mainstream medicine through his stress reduction program (known as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, or MBSR), many more “Mindfulness-Based Interventions” (MBIs) have followed.1...
Medical Resources for NDs: A Review of Current Publications for the Naturopathic Industry
Education Mitochondria and the Future of Medicine: The Key to Understanding Disease, Chronic Illness, Aging, and Life Itself Node Smith, ND In a new book, Mitochondria and the Future of Medicine: The Key to Understanding Disease, Chronic Illness, Aging, and Life...
Physician, Heal Thyself
Naturopathic Perspective Jim Massey, ND The Latin phrase, “cura te ipsum” (physician heal thyself), is often attributed to Hippocrates, the man considered to be the “Father of Medicine.” “Physician, Heal Thyself” remains one of the basic tenets in naturopathic...
WNF: Naturopathic Education Globally
Naturopathic News Iva Lloyd, ND, RPP The most common question asked of naturopathic doctors – and the most common misconception about the global naturopathic profession – is about naturopathic educational standards. Most naturopathic doctors in North America assume...
Glucose & Insulin Dynamics: The Powerful Influence of Circadian Rhythms
Tolle Causam Tanya Lee, ND Abstract As clinicians who heavily rely on dietary interventions as part of our treatment protocols, a deep knowledge of the natural physiology of glucose and insulin is key in providing accurate and effective advice to our patients. This...
MBCT: A Root-Cause Approach to Mood & Anxiety Disorders
Lineke Heus, ND Tolle Totum Ever since Jon Kabat-Zinn introduced mindfulness into mainstream medicine through his stress reduction program (known as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, or MBSR), many more “Mindfulness-Based Interventions” (MBIs) have followed.1...
Highly Sensitive Patients – Working (Sensitively) with SPS
Katrina Iiams-Hauser, ND Docere Sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) is a trait found in 15-20% of people.1 Another term for individuals with this trait is HSP, short for Highly Sensitive Person. This trait is different from the clinical condition of PTSD...
Posttraumatic Stress: The Return to Wholeness – Part 1
Debra Gibson, ND Docere PTSD: it’s an acronym that doesn’t need explaining these days, as it seems that every week another horrific event occurs for which posttraumatic stress disorder may be either a cause, a probable effect, or both at once. The “irritable heart,”...
Mind over Nicotine: Using Mind Technologies to Alleviate Smoking Addiction
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Natural Partners and Fullscript plan to merge
Natural Partners and Fullscript plan to merge to create the industry-leading, technology-enabled, wellness management service for integrative healthcare practitioners and patients Scottsdale, AZ, and Ottawa, ON, Canada, June 2, 2018 – Natural Partners, Inc. and...
Relational Medicine: Perception, Epigenetics, & the Vis – Part 1
Allison Creech, MED, ND Vis Medicatrix Naturae A fundamental focus in naturopathy is to support the Vis Medicatrix Naturae and to help remove whatever obstructs its harmonious flow. When the Vis energy is in a state of congruence, meridian pathways will move in a...
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Long Term Effects of COVID-19
NODE SMITH, ND As the COVID-19 pandemic has progressed, it has become clear that many survivors -- even those who had mild cases -- continue to manage a variety of health problems long after the initial infection should have resolved. In what is believed to be the...
Guessing When to Pay Attention
NODE SMITH, ND Fast reactions to future events are crucial. A boxer, for example, needs to respond to her opponent in fractions of a second in order to anticipate and block the next attack. Such rapid responses are based on estimates of whether and when events will...




